Tire holder and lock.



H. W. OSTER.

TIRE HOLDER AND LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1913.

L1 32 485, Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

HIHII IIHIII HERMAN W. OSTER,

or CLEVELAND, onio, AssIeNon or ONE-HALF To RUSSELL 3B.- TEWKSBURY, or oLEvELAND,,oHI o.

TIRE HOLDER AND LOCK.

Application filed November 15, 1913. Serial No. 801,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN W. Os'rnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and 5 State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tire Holders I and Locks, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description. The object of this invention is to provide a sightly, inexpensive, and easily operated device, adapted to be readily secured to an automobile, for partially supporting and securely looking a spare tire thereto. v The invention consists of two principal members, viz. a fixed clamping member,

adapted to be secured to the automobile, hav-- ing an outwardly extended sleeve adapted to pass part way through the open center of the tire, and a .movable clampingmember having a cylindrical stem which will pass through the open center of the tire, and into said sleeve, said stem being so constructed that, unless prevented, it may be turned and moved endwise in said sleeve. Associated with these two principal members is a spring.

for moving the movable member in the clamping direction; also means forlocking thempvable member against'any such outaward movement as will cause it toreleasef 30"its grip upon the tire; and also other means for preventing the turning of the stem of the movable member in the sleeve of the i fixed member.

The invention in its best form is shown in '35 the accompanying drawings and hereinafter "described and definitely pointed out in the appended claims. e

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly sectioned, of the device in opera- \40 tive relation to a tire securedon a demountable rim, said tire and rim beingshown in section. Fig. 2 is a'fr'on't elevation. of the. a .devicewith the sides of the fixed clamping screws H, which may fastenait to the side v ,of an automobile This clamplingrmember has a clamping jaw a which is preferably siightly curved so as to -partly embrace the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

tire C. It has also an outwardly extended sleeve a so placed that it will extend-part Way through the open center of an annular.

tire, when said tire is properly-placed with" respect to jaw a The movable clamping member B.has a jaw b, and a cylindrical stem 6 whichpasses through sleeve a, and consequentl through the open center of the tire. f

The sleeve a is formed with an internal annular shoulder a and the stem hasan} external annular shoulder 6 which lies within said sleeve. i A coiled spring D su'r-- rounds the stem within the sleeve and is The member B has adjacent to the jaw:

and in line with thestem a finger hole I) for convenience indrawing member B outward and turning it.' In the projecting rear end of the stem is a hole btfor the recep tion of the bail-e of a padlock E. When the device is constructed with spetire on a demountable rim F, as shown by full lines in the drawing, the jaw b is made cial reference to use in connection with the short and its end is curved,rearwardly, so

' as to overhang and engage the metal'rim.

When so constructed, the engagement of the jaw with the rimnwillfprevent the turning of shank b- 'in sleeve a? unless the shank is first pulled out. lithe hole (6) is so placed that when the 1ock bai l passes through it,

the stem can not be moved out, no other means arerequired .to prevent the jaw. I):

from being turned down out of the path of with 'the'rim and to'then turn it out of the a is-formed with a longitudinal notch a,

so placed and shaped that it may receive a 10 pin 6 fixed to and projecting rearwardly out from the shank 12 when the jaw b is in the clamping position. If the lockprevents the shank from bein drawn forward; far

- enough to free pin 6' rom the notch a, then the jaw can not be turned out of the way of the tire. If, however, the device, as thus far described, were used in connectiomwith a substantially narrower rim F, it would be possible to pull jaw 12 out of engagement the tire, and the tire therefore can not be removed from the embrace of the device, if additionally some means are provided to hold the tire against movement in its own plane. To effect this result, preferably three devices, constructed as described, are employed, as shown in Fig. 2; although it is only necessary for one of them to be provided with locking instrumentalities.

If the device is to be used for holding a tire casing which is not mounted on a metal rim, it'will be necessary to'mak'e the jaw 6 longer, as, for example, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1; and perhaps it might be desirable to also' increase the length of the jaw a, as is. also indicated by dotted lines.

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Havingdescribed my invention, I claim: 1. In a tire holding device, the combination of a clamping member having a portion adapted to be connected with an automobile and having also a clamping jaw and a sleeve.

.which'extends out from the clamping jaw and is adapted to go partially'through the open center of a tire, with an outer movable jaw and a cylindrical shank which," may pass through the open center of the tire and goes into said sleeve, a spring in said sleeve acting on the shank to draw the movable j clamping jaw toward the fixed clamping jaw, and means for locking said shank against longitudinal movement in the re- 2. In a tire holding device, the combination of a clamping member having a portion adapted to be connected with an automobile pass through the open center of the tire and goes into said sleeve, aspring in said sleeve acting on the shank to drawthe movable clamping jaw toward thefixed clamping jaw, and means preventing the turning of the shank in the sleeve without first moving the shank outward with respect to said sleeve, and means limiting the outward movement of said shank.

3-. In a tire holding device, the combination of a clamping member having a portion adapted to be connected with an automobile and having also a clampingjaw anda-sleeve which extends out from the clamping aw clamping member having an outer clamping andis adaptedto' go 'partially through the open center of a tire, with an outer movable clamping member havmg an outer clamping jaw and a cylindrical shank which may pass through the open center ofthetireand goes into said sleeve, a spring in said sleeve acting on the shank to draw it inward and thereby drawthe movable clamping aw toward the fixed clamping jaw, said shank being made of such length that it will project from the rear end of the sleeve,.and being provided in said projecting rear end. with a hole for the reception of a lock bail.

4. In atire holding device, the combina tion of a clamping member having'a, portion adapted to be connectedwith an automobile and having also a clamping jaw and a sleeve which extends out from the clamping jaw open center of ati re, with an outer movable clamping member having an outer clamping jaw and a'cylindrical shank which may pass through the open centerof the tire and goes into said sleeve, a spring in said sleeve actso ing on the shank to draw it inward and thereby draw'the movable clamping jaw toward the fixed clamping jaw, the sleeve having a notch in its front end, and the and is adapted to go partially through the shank having a lateraily projecting pin adapted to enter said notch, and locking means limiting the 'endwise forward movement of the shank in said sleeve.

" 5. In a tire holding device, the combination of a clamping member having a portion adapted to be connected with an automobile and having also a clamping jaw and a sleeve which extends out from the clamping jaw and is adaptedto go partially through the open center of a tire, with an outer movable clamping member, having an outer clamping jaw, a finger hole below said jaw, and

a cylindrical shank which may pass through the open center of the tire and goes into and through said sleeve, and is provided in said sleeve with an external flange, a -spring in the sleeve thrusting against said flange,

and means for locking the shank against outward movement m opposition to the spring. 7

' In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN vv. osrnn.

' Witnesses! E; B. GnLonRIs'r, L. I. Poem. 

